contactmusic- Leonard Nimoy has attended his last 'Star Trek' convention.
The 80-year-old actor - who has played character Spock in the original TV series 'Star Trek' and seven film instalments - gave an hour long speech at the official 45th Anniversary Star Trek Convention in Rosemont, Illinois, on Saturday (01.10.11) joking he grew up as parents of aliens in the real world only to go on to become one for the rest of his life.
He told the applauding crowd: "So emotional. Thanks. You know, my parents came from Russia. They came to the Unites States as aliens. I was born in Boston a citizen. Then I became an alien - a very unsettling feeling. My life quickly got pretty crazy - I hadn't anticipated what it would be like to be on a regular television series every week."
Fans in the crowd held up posters and banners and gave the Vulcan hand signal he became famous for, and upon leaving he told the crowd to "live long and prosper".
Can you imagine how sick Leonard Nimoy must be of Trekkies? These Star Trek conventions are huge money-makers for the castmembers. In addition to appearance fees, stars like Nimoy charge over $100 an autograph, and much more for private meet and greets. These conventions are basically a licence to print money. So why would he ever want to give them up? I'll tell you why, it's the fucking Trekkies. He can't stand those god damn nerds. How much of a pain in Nimoy's ass do those clowns have to be in order for him to turn down shit loads of money just for showing up? Maybe Shatner was right.
William Shatner SNL skit Get A Life 1986-12-20 by efly2020
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